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OMAHA MAY COME FOR AMERICAN DERBY Washington Park Management Still Entertains Hopes Hopesof of Inducing Mr Woodward to Send TripleCrown TripleCrownWinner Winner Here for Chicagos Famous Race HOMEWOOD 111 June 12 Reports that the Belair Studs great threeyearold colt Omaha is being reserved for the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct June 29 and will in conse ¬ quence pass up the twentyseventh running of the 25000 American Derby here June 22 are looked upon as premature by Washington Park officials and are causing no undue concern They still expect that when the large field the historic stake promises to attract parades to the post a week from Saturday Omaha will be carrying William Woodwards silks in an effort to prove that not even weight concessions can result in his downfall as champion of 1935s threeyearold division divisionWhen When racing secretary Charles McLennan secured the nomination of Omaha for the American Derby some six weeks ago it was intimated to him that there were five races William Woodward wished to win with his star the Kentucky Derby the Preakness the Belmont Stakes the American Derby and the Arlington Classic His current de ¬ termination to add the Dwyer Stakes to the list of Omahas victories because his sire Gallant Fox won that fixture will not inter ¬ fere in McLennans opinion with the origi ¬ nal plan of sending Omaha out after the fourth of Americas five leading threeyear old specials specialsSteward Steward Chris FitzGerald has been in communication with Woodward and expects a reply from him shortly shortlyTo To my mind the situation is simply that Woodward and trainer Fitzsimmons do not wish to make a definite commitment of the horse until they are certain just how well he came out of his Belmont victory The very fact that we have had no word ad ¬ vising Washington Park that Omaha will not be sent here seems to me to indicate that they have come to no decision said Mr FitzGerald FitzGeraldThat That Omaha could come to Chicago for the American Derby and then return to New York for the Dwyer is distinctly possible Under present day conditions the horse could race here on Saturday June 22 and be back in New York Sunday with almost a full week to prepare for the Dwyer Such a shipment would place no more strain upon the threeyearold than a single workout and there is enough similarity in the mile and threesixteenths of the Dwyer and the mile and a quarter of the American Derby to force trainingThe no disruption of the colts training The furor over Omaha has served to dis ¬ tract attention from the other ranking threeyearolds that constitute the list of likely starters in the stake but they are be ¬ ginning to assemble and all of them should be MondayPreston on hand by Monday Preston Burch advised racing secretary McLennan today that Walter M Jeffords Continued on thirtieth page OMAHA MY COME COMEFOR FOR AMERICAN DERBY Continued from first page Firethorn second to Omaha in the Belmont will start in the Detroit Derby Saturday and will then be shipped to Washington Park at once for his American Derby ef ¬ fort The horse will be accompanied by A G Vanderbilts Cold Shoulder the three yearold that turned in the most sensational work of the season when he went a mile and a half in 229 prior to the Belmont The Foxcatcher Farms Rosemont and the Brookmeade Stable pair of Psychic Bid and Special Agent thus remain the only promi ¬ nent eastern eligibles to be heard from fromThe The eligibles now at Homewood include the E R Bradley pair of Black Helen and Bloodroot Milky Way Farms Whiskolo Calumet Farms Nellie Flag Northway Sta ¬ bles Toro Flight Mrs John D Hertz Count Arthur D B Midkiffs Tearout J J Coughlins Advantage Dixianas Debs De ¬ light and Mrs R B Fairbanks Bluebeard Roman Soldier is of course at Detroit but will return after the Detroit Derby Satur ¬ day Mrs Charles Hainsworths Blackbirder is also expected to ship over from Detroit
